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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2005How do you use catnip?
I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food they don't otherwise find appealing? >I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? Well, I used it to attract mine to the kitty condo and bookshelf play things I got her. It says you can put it in food to help with digestion since they don't get herbs and such if they are indoor kitties. You can put it in toys so they'll be attracted. but, my cat went insane the first time she had it. I mean, she was trying to get it out of the grocery bag and rip it open. She then rubbed herself all over the toys I put it on. but after that...she just looks at me like "yeah...what's that?" when I've tried to give it to her again. I've used different kinds and then waited for a few months before trying again. she doesn't like it at all anymore. So, keep that in mind. Some cats lose their attraction to it. Beth Newbie <newbie@no.spam> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do > you use it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract > them to food they don't otherwise find appealing? With previous cats it has always been used in small quantities (less than a teaspoon dried) at play. But now I have a Siamese, a breed which is supposedly known for not being attracted to catnip.  SignatureBrandy Alexandre® http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx Well, would you? Brandy Alexandre wrote: > Newbie <newbie@no.spam> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > than a teaspoon dried) at play. But now I have a Siamese, a breed > which is supposedly known for not being attracted to catnip. Dudley loves catnip. He REALLY loves the catnip banana. http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/miscellaneous/jasper_dudley/dscf0030.html :) > Dudley loves catnip. He REALLY loves the catnip banana. > > http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/miscellaneous/jasper_dudley/dscf0030.html Makes sense -- given his sensory impairments, smell must be a real treat to him. SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.diaryland.com/ >>Dudley loves catnip. He REALLY loves the catnip banana. >> >>http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/miscellaneous/jasper_dudley/dscf0030.html > > Makes sense -- given his sensory impairments, smell must be a real treat > to him. Yeah, I am sure that is it. His little nose is his little guide to life! :) pam Kitkat <kitkatluna@aol.commie> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: >>>Dudley loves catnip. He REALLY loves the catnip banana. >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > pam He sure is perty, though. SignatureBrandy Alexandre® http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx Well, would you? > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? I wouldn't. It get cats high. I use it as a treat - just a pinch on the floor at night once a week or so - they get all goofy and play and fight afterwards. :) -L. >> I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use >> it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -L. My cats eat it then chill, lay back and enjoy the buzz. Stone Some pic's http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stoneman72/my_photos >I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use >it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food >they don't otherwise find appealing? Leave a bong and a lighter out - if your cat digs it, he or she will figure it out. Personally, I'm trying to keep my cat off drugs. The other day though, she grabbed a small bag of weed and pranced off with it as if she'd just found the Hope Diamond or something. Needless to say she didn't get far - she's too young for that stuff anyway. > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? training cats to use the scratching post; rub some on every day for a few days. pat > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? I just buy cat toys that are stuffed with catnip. I "use" the toys the same as any other cat toy by putting the toy down on the floor for my cat to play with. > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? I sprinkle it on their scratching boxes. Sometimes they eat some of it, but usually they just scratch it, rub their faces in it, roll around in it, sit on it, or sleep on top of the scratching box. Sometimes they sleep on the floor and use the scratching box as a pillow. They also like catnip toys if the catnip is fresh. After it's been in there a while it must loose it's potency as they loose interest until I fill it with fresh catnip out of the jar. Whenever I open the catnip jar, no matter where they are in the house, they come running. Even if they were asleep in the back bedroom, they can smell it. They like catnip so much that I grew a big patch for them in the garden, but they prefer the dried kind from the store. However, a neighbor cat found the catnip patch and spent weeks sitting in it. :> I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use : > it in practice? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] : garden, but they prefer the dried kind from the store. However, a : neighbor cat found the catnip patch and spent weeks sitting in it. If you hang it upside down for about a month then u have the same or even better dried stuff. Carola >:> I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use >: > it in practice? Mine like fresh. Pick a couple leaves, roll them gently between your palms, (you will smell the oil), and they will come running. My girl kit doesn't do much but eat the leaf, but my boy kit gets real nutsy. He rolls over and over in it (thus giving himself a catnip oil bath) and generally acts crazy. A joy to behold! I'm glad to be an accommodating human servant. > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? I've used it fresh - if available, or the usual (get-it-at-the-store) dried variety. Usually I just sprikle it on the floor & let them roll in it &/or eat it. In the summer I tend to sprinkle it out on the porch floor - eliminating inside clean-up of leftover catnip later on. I've also tied a handful of it up in a piece of fabric, very tightly tying it closed - so that the cats can't get the string/ribbon off. Cathy Mine love to eat it and roll in it. I take little piles of it and put one down for each of the 3 cats so they have their own to play in. Celeste > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? In rec.pets.cats.health+behav Newbie <newbie@no.spam> wrote: > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? We put some in a zippered baggie, then take a couple of small furry mice toys (we have 2 cats, so one for each) and put them in, shake the baggie to cover the mice, take them out, shake off the excess and give them each a mouse. We have 2 happy cats after about 5 minutes of them rolling all over the mice, but the mice end up all slobbery... brian SignatureIf you want to reply to this message by mail, you will have to change the reply address to beuchaw@beuchaw.net >I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use >it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food >they don't otherwise find appealing? After I wash the cat toys, I store them in a plastic bag with catnip. Some of the soft toys have a compartment for catnip built in. BarB > I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do > you use it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to > attract them to food they don't otherwise find appealing? 3 of my current 4 like catnip. My previous 2 liked it, though it didn't really effect one of them - he just liked to eat it. I use it in various ways. In old socks where you tie it shut, though one of my newest makes short work out of chewing a hole in the sock and catnip ends up everywhere. I use it to scent new cat furniture so they know it's theirs. Sometimes they get some on a scratching toy to eat. I've even used it to "marinate" toy mousies (put mousie in jar of catnip for a few days) and then give mousie to kitties. Watch them fight over it. LOL Works better to do this with a few mousies. :) SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use >it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food >they don't otherwise find appealing? Back when we still had cats, we tried it, and neither one of 'em responded to it... SignaturePatrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2005-06 Houston Aeros) LAST GAME: Chicago 5, Houston 3 (April 26) NEXT GAME: Friday, October 7 vs. San Antonio, 7:35 We usually just sprinkle it (bought in loose form in a tub) around the scratching post. They do what they like with it. My aunt will also take the loose stuff and sew it into toys which they love and play with, hide and toss about for weeks until the scent goes away. As far as food goes, only one of our kitties will eat it, the other won't bother. Depends on the cat I guess. I would tend to keep it separate though and just try another food. When our two were younger, we did a taste test: try new flavours each meal time and keep a chart on if they both liked it or not. From this little study, we were able to make easier decisions when food shopping. Signature.oO rach Oo. >I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food > they don't otherwise find appealing? >I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use >it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food >they don't otherwise find appealing? Mine ;prefer it to bw rolled in paper to make a little spliff. after I light it they pass it around between theselves while listening to old jazz recordsl. ;-) Now seroiusly, once a week my five kitties lito have a catnip party. I sprinkle it onto the varoious levels of their kitty condo. They will roll around and jocky for position. I sually store the bag in my freezer. One time I forgot and left it out on the counter only to return home to find the contents strewn all over the counter amidst a bunch of very stoned looking cats. I grow cat nip and when it's tall I cut it, let it dry in the garage and then "crunch" it up. I sew a little pouch and fill it with fresh cat nip. They go wild, rubbing and chewing on it. In a pouch it isn't so messy in the house. After their fix they bat each other for awhile and then fall asleep,nose to nose. > >I have heard a lot about cats liking catnip, but how exactly do you use > >it in practice? Can it be used as food additive to attract them to food [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > out on the counter only to return home to find the contents strewn all > over the counter amidst a bunch of very stoned looking cats. |
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